Rushing Miss America into Politics

During one of the classes this year, I remember discussing how political candidates reach out to different types of people and try to relate to them, showing these people that they are down to earth and have similarities. One example that we talked about during class was how Obama had gone to a NASCAR race, making an appearance to NASCAR fans that he supported the sport and could relate to those people also. Connie Schultz is a columnist for the Plain Dealer, and I love reading her articles every week. Looking through one of her recent articles, I found her talking about something similar of how a political nut (even though not a candidate) is reaching out to yet another group of people. Rush Limbaugh is going to be a judge on the Miss America pagent this year. Limbaugh may not be a candidate running for any office, but everyone knows his views on politics, constantly praising Republican candidates and bashing Democrats any way that he can. By bringing Rush in to become a judge on the show, which has been lacking an audience for the past several years, it is just one more way to broaden politics into another group of people. Although Rush may not be a candidate himself, I'm sure he will be finding any way possible to speak positive about current candidates that he is in support of during the show.